...right to a maintenance from the people, to whom he dispenses the word and ordinances1? (f) 1 Tim. 3. 1. This is a true saying, If a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work. Jer. 3. 15. And I will give you pastors according tojnine heart, which shall feed you with knowledge...

...edifying, &c. from which some having swerved, have turned aside unto vain jangling. — 1 Tim. i. 4. 6. If a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth...husband of one wife ; vigilant, sober. of good behaviour (or modest) ; given to hospitality, apt to teach; not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy...

...afflictions, do the work of an evangelist, make full proof of thy ministry.' 1 Timothy iii. 1 — 7. 'This is a true saying, if a man desire the office...desireth a good work. A bishop then must be blameless, &c.' 2 Timothy ii. 24, 25. ' And the servant of the Lord must not strive, &c.' Exodus iii. 12, and...

...qualified, kc. fl^HlS M a true saying, If a man i desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work. 2 A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one...good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach ; 3 Not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre ; but patient, not a brawler, not covetous...

...childbearing, if they continue in faith and charity and holiness with sobriety. CHAP. III. THIS zj a true saying. If a man desire the office of a bishop, he desire th a good work. с 2 A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober,...

...conformable to his preaching, should have nothing in it in common with that of the worldling; he should be "vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach, not greedy of filthy lucre, but patient, not a brawler, not covetous, one that rulclh well his own house,...

...continue in faith, and charity, and holiness, with sobriety. CHAP. HI. The qualifications of bishops. HIS is a true saying, If a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work. 2 A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given...

...RIGHTEOUSNESS OF THE SCRIBES AND PHARISEES, YE SHALL IN NO CASE ENTER INTO THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN." "Tms is a true saying, If a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work."* But, if it be good, it is also responsible and laborious, and can only be properly performed by much...

...long standing, and of such high honour and emolument, that it could have become a common adage, that " if a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work;" many of the community having held that office in such a way as to render it necessary, in the election...

...in child-bearing, if they continue in faith, and charity, and holiness, with sobriety. TVrfuri.sand THIS is a. true saying, If a man desire the office of a 3 qu-ihfi ail..!.* .if bishop, he desireth a good work. A bishop then must 2 ":er"' be blameless, the...